Generally this district covers that portion of the community
intended for the conduct of general business not requiring waterfront
location or access and to which the public requires direct and frequent
access, but which is not characterized either by constant heavy trucking
other than occasioned by incidental light and noise or congregation
of people and passenger vehicles. This includes such uses as retail
stores, banks, theaters, business offices, newspaper offices, printing
presses, restaurants, garages, and service stations. Multifamily dwellings,
such as apartment houses and townhouses, may be permitted upon obtaining
a conditional use permit from the governing body.
The following uses shall be permitted subject to all other requirements
of this chapter as a matter of right in the Business-2 District (B-2):
B. Agriculture, including the growing of fruit, forest, field, vegetable
crops and, for personal and home occupation uses only, fowl and animal
handling and containment excluding hogs; grain dryers, feeder lots,
dairy barns, agricultural lagoons, poultry and hog houses and other
structures or areas involving the concentrated handling or containment
of animals and fowl are excluded.
C. Alternative support structures as defined in §
175-23.2.
H. Boarding houses and tourist homes.
L. Convalescent, nursing or rest homes.
O. Doctor and dentist offices.
P. Drainage, erosion and flood control facilities.
R. Dry cleaners and laundries.
S. Flexible residential/business use with professional offices, subject to §
175-15.15.
W. Garage and service stations.
BB. Hotels, motels and apartment motels.
DD. Legal, architectural, engineering and other professional offices.
FF. Light manufacturing and cottage and craft industries as defined.
GG. Lumber and building supply, with storage either under cover or screened
from public view if not under cover.
HH. Machinery and tool sales, rental and service.
II. Office buildings and business and governmental offices, including
schools, post offices and fire, rescue squad and police stations.
JJ. Plumbing and electrical supply, with storage either under cover or
screened from public view if not under cover.
LL. Radio and television broadcast studios excluding transmission towers.
MM. Recycling location (dropoff) with a total capacity of 10 cubic yards
or less.
NN. Residential apartments above stores.
RR. Signs, subject to Article 13.
TT. Therapeutic massage facilities in accordance with §
175-15.23.
UU. Utility use, minor.
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VV. Veterinary hospitals with or without kennels.
WW. Wayside stands, roadside stands, and wayside markets.
YY. Wholesale and processing not objectionable because of dust, noise,
or odors.
The following uses shall be permitted in Business-2 District
(B-2), subject to all the other requirements of this chapter, only
upon obtaining of a conditional use permit from the Board of Supervisors.
E. Cluster development of multifamily dwellings, in accordance with §
175-15.13.
I. Flexible residential/business use with a business use other than professional offices, subject to §
175-15.15.
J. Fuel wholesale and retail distribution.
K. Home enterprise in accordance with §
175-15.5B.
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N. Recreation and amusement enterprise.
O. Recycling location (dropoff) with a total capacity in excess of 10
cubic yards.
P. Self-storage facilities and offices.
Q. Sewage treatment systems (private) where the subject lot or parcel
shall be located outside the area identified by the Floodplain Management
Ordinance of Mathews County as being subject to inundation by waters of the one-hundred-year
flood event.
R. Telecommunication towers as defined in §
175-23.2.
T. Utility
use, major.
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The Administrator may require landscaping within any established
or required setback area and that sufficient area be provided:
A. To adequately screen permitted uses from adjacent business and residential
districts; and
B. For off-street parking of vehicles incidental to the business and
its employees and clients.
Sign regulations shall conform to Article 13 of this chapter.
Off-street parking shall be provided in conformance with Article
12 of this chapter.